How many times have you unwrapped your shore rigs to have to untangle them with your freezing cold hands?

Well Alan Yates has taken on board an idea from the continental sea fraternity and has begun using a series of simple rig winders that ensure his rigs are safe, the hooks are out of harm's way and they unravel quickly and easily every time.

Catching big sea fish like smoothhounds means presenting a big bait, but how do you do this effectively without causing yourself problems? Sea fishing expert Alan Yates has all the answers in the form of the Pennell Rig…

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Peeler crabs make superb baits for many sea fish, but are often wrongly used. Alan Yates reveals how to get the best from peeler crabs, shows when to use them and how to prepare them for the hook quickly and effectively.

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Shellfish, such as mussels, limpets and razorfish, are much under-rated as bait. Fish go wild for shellfish after storms, when they can find broken shells easily. Here Alan Yates teaches you how to remove the bait and use shellfish on the hook.

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Hooking sandeel correctly can increase the chances of catching massively. Alan Yates shows his preferred method, using a 1/0 or 2/0 long shank hook, making sure the bait oozes juices and blood to attract plenty of fish.

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Do you ever wish that you could make a shore rig that's fully versatile? Do you ever want to alter the position of the bottom hook trace, but you can't be bothered to re-tie another rig?

Well, Alan Yates has come up with a neat idea that does away with locked crimps to attach the bottom boom, and instead uses simple rig stops, enabling him to slide his boom to whatever position he desires. This is how it's done...

Richard Holgate knows a thing or two about beach fishing, being an angler of Home International standard and absolutely deadly on the Essex match scene. Here he shows how to reach those far off fish efficiently using the pendulum cast. It the one cast that every aspiring beach and shore sea angler ought to learn, so this video will help you enormously...

Founding father of the Sea Angler Casting Club and long-time sea fishing expert, John Holden, knows a thing or two to help reach those far feeding fish. Here he passes on a few very simple ideas that he uses that ensure he always presents his rigs right on the fish's noses!

Founder father of the Sea Angler Casting Club and long-time expert beach angler, John Holden, passes on some of the tip tops that he uses to ensure that his rig always reaches the fish, no matter how distant they are from the breakers. Some say that the best things in life are the simplest... and this video just proves that point!

It's been long-awaited within the sea fishing world, but finally Century's new beachcaster has been released. Sea Angler's Paul Fenech took the brand new Century Kompressor Sport rod to a Norfolk beach, equipped it with a multiplier, tied a suitable rig and shockleader and put it through its paces. Was he impressed with this new rod's casting performance? Why not take a look and find out for yourself...

So many sea anglers suffer from tangled rigs, ending in frustrated time wasted prizing them apart. In this short video, Alan Yates reveals a simple yet extremely effective way of storing four or five rigs on a cheap section of foam pipe insulation. And at the same time Alan also explains the principle behind the rig that he uses most when distance casting with either worms or peeler crabs from the shoreline.

Ragworm give sea baits plenty of attractive movement that draw in all manner of sea fish. Alan Yates shows how to hook ragworm and white ragworm effectively, plus he reveals a secret to lift the bait attractively off the bottom.

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Alan Yates shows how to get the most from lugworm. See how best to hook lugworm to ensure long-lasting scent trails, plus how to create great lugworm cocktail baits that provide movement to attract different sea fish.

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